Notes off a soiled cuff: Will the recent consistent high heat negatively impact Pennsylvania brook trout?
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The week before this issue went to press included six consecutive days with high temperatures exceeding 90 degrees in the central part of Pennsylvania. Can’t help but wonder how the prolonged heat affects our thermally fragile wild brook trout streams.
A Fish & Boat Commission biologist we consulted with suggested that the wet spring and higher water levels may be protective, for now, but if the weather stays scorching, it will be bad news for brookies.
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